Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform

Abnormal Security Corporation; Canada; Remote; CAD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Abnormal Security Corporation seeks a Senior Software Engineer for its Data Platform team. This role involves defining and building data platform offerings, collaborating with engineering teams, and delivering innovative solutions to enhance operational excellence. Opportunities for career advancement and mentorship are integral to the position as the company strives to protect organizations from cybersecurity threats.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Equity participation

Flexible PTO

Generous healthcare coverage

Fully distributed workforce

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in data-intensive applications.
• Strong background in tools and platforms.
• Expertise with online storage systems.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver data platform offerings across AWS.
• Build tooling and services for online storage platforms.
• Identify scalability gaps and execute plans.

Skills

Data-intensive applications

Distributed systems

Mentorship

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

PostgreSQL

OpenSearch

Redis

RocksDB

DynamoDB

ElasticSearch

Kafka

Job description

Enterprises of all sizes trust Abnormal Security’s cloud products to stop cybercrime. These products are data intensive SaaS applications that depend on reliable, scalable, and secure access to data. This is where our Data Platform team fits in, offering scalable storage systems (PostgreSQL, OpenSearch, Redis, RocksDB, DynamoDB), as well as building services and tools to improve their operational excellence, and offering expertise to engineering and data science teams around usage of these systems at high scale.

The Data Platform team is looking to add a Senior Software Engineer. The individual in this role will have the opportunity to partner closely with our existing world class team of engineers as we define and build the next generation data platform, and execute on ambitious and challenging technical projects to deliver value to Abnormal and its customers.

There are a lot of opportunities for growth and career advancement – including growing into a Staff technical leadership role.

What you will do

• Define and deliver our data platform offerings across AWS to empower and delight our internal engineering and data science customers.
• Build tooling and services for our online storage platforms that will deliver self-serve capabilities for the team’s stakeholders.
• Work cross functionally with other engineering teams to identify scalability gaps in their data intensive systems, owning key areas from our charter, building and executing on plans to mitigate them.

Must Haves

• 6+ years of experience working on data-intensive applications and distributed systems.
• Strong background in building platforms, tools, and systems to serve the needs of engineering teams, empowering them to ship with velocity and reliability.
• Depth in one or more types of online data storage systems (relational, key-value, document-oriented, or columnar databases) either as an expertise provider or as a power user, in a high scale environment.
• Proven track record of being a change agent, defining and driving engineering initiatives that involve cross-team collaboration
• Expertise in one or more key areas of the Data Platform online storage tech stack - relational DBs, RocksDB, ElasticSearch, Redis, Kafka
• Excellent ability and strong desire to onboard and mentor other engineers.

Export Compliance Notice:

This position involves access to technology that is subject to the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR). As a result, candidates offered employment must be eligible to access controlled technology under U.S. export control laws. Employment in this position is conditioned on the availability of government authorization.The Company may delay commencement of employment, rescind an offer of employment, terminate employment, as Company deems appropriate, in order to ensure compliance with applicable government access control restrictions. As part of Abnormal AI's secure hiring practices, we conduct video interviews and validate applicant identity at various stages through our recruitment process. Further, if your application is successful and Abnormal AI makes a conditional offer of employment, we will carry out pre-employment checks which must be successfully completed to progress to a final offer. All processes and pre-employment checks are in line with prevailing legislation and Abnormal AI's policies relevant to our security and privacy standards. Abnormal AI is committed to protecting your privacy. Please review our Abnormal AI Applicant Privacy Policy for full information about how Abnormal AI uses your personal information. By submitting an application you confirm that you have read and understand the Abnormal AI Applicant Privacy Policy .

About Abnormal AI

We're one of the world's fastest growing cybersecurity companies, on a mission to protect the modern workplace from the most pressing threats. Our AI-native technology was built from the ground up to tackle forward-looking security challenges, and our team works with bleeding-edge technology to keep our customers and their people safe as attacks grow ever more sophisticated.Our team is what makes us successful, which is why we're committed to a culture of learning, ownership, and high performance, where you'll have the opportunity to accelerate your growth and unlock excellence with the support of talented colleagues.

Taking care of our team goes beyond the office. Our compensation and benefits philosophy is designed to put attract, motivate, and retain top talent: Competitive Compensation We pay competitively to attract, reward, and retain top talent in the market

Equity is an important part of our total comp strategy

When the company does well, we all do well. Equity is an important and exciting part of our total compensation strategy as a pre-IPO startup. We’re guided by the belief our team members should share in the financial success of our company and grant equity accordingly.

Flexible PTO

All regular salaried team members enjoy flexible PTO. We want team members to grow with us, and a big part of that is making sure our team has the opportunity to rest and recharge. We also observe 12 paid holidays every year.

Generous Healthcare Coverage for You and Your Family

Taking care of our team goes beyond the office. In the US, we cover 100% of employee health care premium costs, and up to 100% for dependents, depending on the plan. Internationally, we offer similarly generous coverage, customized to each country in which we operate.

Fully Distributed Workforce

Operating as a globally-distributed, majority remote company means we get to work with talented folks, no matter where they live. We prioritize a balance of deep focus time with Zoom meetings, and regular in-person events.As a fast growing startup, we continuously review, improve, and personalize our benefits offerings based on the team’s input. Don’t see something that’s important to you? Let us know!

Our Interview Process

We value transparency at Abnormal, and our interview process is no exception.

Inclusion Matters

Abnormal is committed to creating a diverse work environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Privacy Policy

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